Megaron the Athens Concert Hall · 2020-02-03 · The first tribute concert to composer and music...

Megaron the Athens Concert Halljan mar2020

Henrik Ibsen: John Gabriel BorkmanIn the great Norwegian playwright’s stunning poetic dystopia, we witness the ruthless fighting among the members of the older generation for supremacy over the young.

TranslaTion Eri KyrgiaDirecTor Yannis HouvardasseT Designer Eva ManidakicosTume Designer Ioanna Tsamimusic Thodoris EconomoulighTing Designer Lefteris Pavlopoulos

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Nikos Hadjopoulos, Reni Pittaki, Lydia Fotopoulou, Ieronymos Kaletsanos, Theodora Tzimou, Konstantinos Plemmenos, Sophia Kokkali

Nikos Kazantzakis: The Winged Horse A performance based on a children’s story, unpublished until recently, by great Cretan writer Nikos Kazantzakis; a journey to the magic of the Orient for children and adults.

For children aged 5 and above

TheaTrical aDapTaTion Andri TheodotouDirecTor Vassilis Mavrogeorgioumusic Nikos Kypourgos

With live music and a company of 12 actors and musicians

sponsoreD by The NATIoNAL BANK oF GREEcE

The House of KaragiozisA multi-spectacle with giant figures and live traditional music by Elias Karellas Shadow Theatre Company.

January - March 2020THEATRE

@MEGARON UNDERGROUND

November 2019 – February 2020

MEGARON FOR CHILDREN

January – April 2020


Athens State Orchestra: Mahler Cycle IX gustav mahlerSymphony No. 3

Lilli Paasikivi mezzo-soprano

The ERT [National Broadcasting corporation] chorusThe Athens Mixed Municipal choirThe Rosarte children’s choirconDucTeD by Uro

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MET HD Live Alban Berg: WozzeckSouth African artist William Kentridge will now reintroduce audiences to the magic of his visual universe with Alban Berg’s operatic masterpiece, Wozzeck. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium, with baritone Peter Mattei in the title role. Soprano Elza van den Heever is Wozzeck’s unfaithful mate, alongside a cast that includes tenor Christopher Ventris, bass-baritone Christian Van Horn, and tenor Gerhard Siegel.

‘Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend’: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Songs An evening with Lenia Safiropoulou and Zoe Zeniodi Alongside the famous An die ferne Geliebte song cycle, Lenia Safiropoulou (soprano) and Zoe Zeniodi (piano) present a selection of both short and long Beethoven songs.

Beethoven & Schubert on period instruments Franz schubertSymphony No 2 in B-flat major, D. 125

ludwig van beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Armonia Atenea - The Friends of Music orchestra conDucTeD by George Petrou

10.01.20 | 20:30

CONCERTS BY THE ATHENS STATE ORCHESTRA

11.01.20 | 19:55

OPERA – NEW PRODUCTION

11.01.20 | 20:30

FRIENDS OF MUSIC SOCIETY – EVENTS AT MEGARON

12.01.20 | 20:30

Elias Andriopoulos: In the Greek ModeThe creative universe of composer Elias Andriopoulos in a special concert featuring the all-time favourites.

Manolis Mitsias, Theodora Baka singers

Achilles Wastor piano

Alexandros Botinis cello

Iraklis Zakkas manDolin

Mikis Theodorakis: Beautiful CityUsing our great composer’s familiar melodies as a basis for the plot, director George Valaris creates a contemporary Beautiful City —a unique musical, a tribute to Mikis Theodorakis more than half a century after the premiere of the legendary performance in the summer of 1962.

The ‘Mikis Theodorakis’ Popular orchestra

singers Yannis Kotsiras, Dimitris Bassis WiTh The parTicipaTion oF Salina Gavala

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Kostas Kazakos, George Kimoulis, Peggy Stathakopoulou, Elisabeth Moutafi, Konstantinos Kazakos, George Valaris, Emilios Raftis, Akis Sideris, Leda Protopsalti

guesT appearances

Melina Aslanidou, Yota Nega, Babis Stokas, Eleni Tsaligopoulou

15.01.20 | 20:30

MUSICAL PORTRAITS

17-30.01.20

Jani Christou: 50th Death Anniversary A symphonic tribute by the Athens State Orchestra and Megaron to the memory of a great composer of the Greek diaspora.

Jani christouPhoenix MusicSix T.S. Eliot Songs, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra Sy mphony No. 1, with a setting for female voice and orchestra

of T. S. Eliot’s poem 'Eyes that last I saw in tears’

Irini Tsirakidis mezzo-soprano

The Athens State orchestraconDucTeD by Miltos Logiadis

Dora Bakopoulou with FriendsJohannes brahms Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 2 in A major, Op. 26

Franz schubert Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D. 667, ‘Die Forelle’

Dora Bakopoulou piano

Nikos Mandylas violin

Krystalia Gaitanou viola

christophor Miroshnikov cello

Angelos Repapis Double bass

A tribute to composer Thanos Mikroutsikossingers

Rita Antonopoulou, Giorgos Dalaras, Yannis Kotsiras, Giorgos Merantzas, Manolis Mitsias, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Miltos Paschalidis, Marianna Polychronidi, christos Thivaios, Kostas Thomaidis

narraTor odysseus Ioannou

arTisTic supervisor Thymios Papadopoulos

17.01.20 | 20:30

MUSICAL PORTRAITS

20.01.20 | 20:30

20.01.20 | 20:30

Into a Children’s RoomMezzo-soprano Elena Marangou and the pianist Tobias Krampen in songs by Mussorgsky, Britten, Brahms, Poulenc, Koukos, Kouroupos, and Baltas that have something in common: the stories, the dreams, the fears, and the whispers than can be heard in a children’s room.

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Fazil Say [piano, conductor]Wolfgang amadeus mozartPiano Concerto No. 1 in F major, KV37

Dmitri shostakovichChamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a

Fazil sayΥürüyen kö ,sk

Béla Bartόk Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113, BB 118

Lifting the Veil of Time: The Ancient Theatre of Dodoni speakers

Kostas I. Soueref, PhD archaeologisT; heaD oF The ioannina ephoraTe oF anTiquiTies

Paraskevi Giouni, PhD heaD oF The DeparTmenT oF prehisToric anD classical anTiquiTies

anD museums, ioannina ephoraTe oF anTiquiTies;

heaD oF The proJecT supervising Team

Petros Katsoudas civil engineer aT The ioannina ephoraTe oF anTiquiTies;

DoDoni proJecT researcher

hosTeD by

Stavros Benos presiDenT oF The Diazoma associaTion

22.01.20 | 20:30

25.01.20 | 20:30

GREAT ORCHESTRAS – GREAT INTERPRETERS

28.01.20 | 19:00

MEGARON PLUS

Christoph Eschenbach Conducts the Athens State Orchestra

ludwig van beethovenPiano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, ‘Emperor’

gustav mahlerSymphony No. 1 in D major, ‘Titan’

Vassilis Varvaresos piano

Beethoven for Violin, Cello, and Pianoludwig van beethovenTrio for Piano, Violin and Cello in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B-flat major, Op. 97, ‘Archduke Trio’

Danae Papamattheou-Matschke violin

Benedict Kloeckner cello

Uwe Matschke piano

Leonidas Kavakos – Enrico Pace Ludwig van Beethoven: The sonatas for violin and piano ludwig van beethovenSonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 12/2Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12/3Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30/1Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30/2

MET HD Live The Gershwins’ Porgy and BessPorgy and Bess: the voice of the ‘black roots’. In his Met debut, James Robinson masterfully brings to life the tragic love story, directing a dynamic cast, with Eric Owens and Angel Blue in the leading roles.

30.01.20 | 20:30

BEETHOVEN 2020

01.02.20 | 19:55


31.01.20 | 20:30

29.01.20 | 20:30


Gioacchino Rossini: Il barbiere di Sivigliain concerTanTe perFormance

Figaro German Olvera Count Almaviva Mark Milhofer rosina Mary-Ellen Nesi Don Bartolo Bruno PraticόDon Basilio christophoros StamboglisBerta Anastasia Kotsali

Armonia Atenea - The Friends of Music orchestra (on period instruments)conDucTeD by George Petrou

Tribute to Thodoros Antoniou I The first tribute concert to composer and music teacher Thodoros Antoniou (1935-2018).

Thodoros antoniou Celebration VII, for strings

nikos athinaios Concerto for Piano and Strings(First performance)

Thodoros antoniou Epitaph II

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Thodoris Tzovanakis piano

The Academica String orchestraconDucTeD by Nikos Athinaios

01.02.20 | 20:30

04.02.20 | 20:30

MUSICAL PORTRAITS

Images of the Eastaram khachatourianConcerto for Flute and Orchestra(Transcribed by Jean-Pierre Rampal from the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra)

nikolai rimsky-korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35

Stathis Karapanos FluTe

The Athens State orchestraconDucTeD by Matthias Foremny

Sokratis Sinopoulos & L’Achéron Lachrimae Lyrae – Seaven TearesThe moving and timeless sound of Sokratis Sinopoulos’ lyra interacts with the viole da gamba and the brilliant and imposing sound of the French early music ensemble L’Achéron.

L’Achéron François Joubert-caillet soprano viola Da gamba

Lucile Boulanger Tenor viola Da gamba

Andreas Linos Tenor viola Da gamba

Sarah van oudenhove bass viola Da gamba

The Phantom of the Opera Silent movie screening with live accompaniment improvised on the church organThe silent horror classic based on Gaston Leroux’s thrilling novel, directed by Rupert Julian (1925) and starring Lon Chaney, is screened here to live accompaniment by Martin Baker, Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, and internationally acclaimed for his skill in organ improvisation.

07.02.20 | 20:30


08.02.20 | 20:30

THE LYRA THROUGH THE CENTURIES

09.02.20 | 20:30

Tribute to Thodoros Antoniou IIThe second tribute concert to composer and music teacher Thodoros Antoniou for the 85th anniversary of his birth (1935-2018).

Thodoros antoniou Octet Three Likes, for solo clarinet East-West, for instrumental ensemble and tape Th e Frogs, incidental music for narrator, chorus and instrumental

ensemble

Yannis Samprovalakis clarineT

Telemachus Krevaikas narraTor

The Rosarte children’s choirchoirmasTer Rosie Mastrosavva

The Hellenic Group of contemporary Music conDucTeD by Iakovos Konitopoulos

Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Beethovenludwig van beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, ‘Pastoral’Mass in C major, Op. 86

The Balthasar Neumann choir & Ensemble

sponsoreD by

ULYSSES KYRIAcoPoULoS

FLoRIcA KYRIAcoPoULoS

12.02.20 | 20:30


10.02.20 | 20:30

MUSICAL PORTRAITS

Dimitra Galani: ‘Oh, Eros, when you...’ A programme dedicated to the songs of love. A novel approach of Greek and international repertoire.

WiTh The parTicipaTion oF composer anD songWriTer Katerina Polemi anD composer Stathis Drakos (minor proJecT)

special guesT Paulina VoulgarakiSerafeim Giannakopoulos Drums

Stelios Provis bass

Spyros Manesis piano

Minas Liakos guiTar

Yannis Rallis guiTar

orestes Benekas keyboarDs

From classical to nowhere: Idiophone and Etherophone Arias A novel listening experience in pre-classical works by Purcell, Handel, and Bach; Romantic works by Rachmaninoff and Massenet; and modern works by Stravinsky, Bartόk, Messiaen, and Sfetsas.

Pamelia Stickney Theremin, peDal eFFecTs

Nikos Giousef musical saW, peDal eFFecTs

Irene Tiniakou piano, elecTric organ

Telemachus Moussas guiTar (guesT)

George Katsanos analogue synTh

17:00-18:00: Musicological and historical introduction to the musical saw and the theremin

Schubert’s Sonatas with Elisabeth LeonskajaSince 2018, in a recital series of epic proportions that will conclude in March 2020, pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja has presented at Megaron all the Schubert Sonatas.

Franz schubertSonata in E major, D. 157Sonata in A minor, D. 784Sonata in A major, D. 959

exclusive sponsor NATIoNAL BANK oF GREEcE

14.02.20 | 20:30

BRIDGES

16.02.20 | 19:00

WITH A TWIST

17.02.20 | 20:30

GREAT INTERPRETERS

Beethoven with a Twist, for Double Bass: Il Signor DragonettiA distinguished double-bass soloist of his time, Domenico Dragonetti (1763–1846) had known such great composers as Haydn and Rossini. His collaboration with Beethoven resulted in Beethoven’s exploring further the capabilities of this instrument in his subsequent works.

Domenico DragonettiSix [out of 12] Waltzes for Double Bass Solo

gioachino rossiniDuo for Cello and Double Bass in D major

ludwig van beethovenSonata for Piano and Cello No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5

Nikos Tsoukalas Double bass

Asterios Pouftis cello

Ai Motohashi piano

Avanti maestro... in the manner of the rebetika!A melodic survey of the major songwriters and singers of the rebetika, and the Greek popular music tradition, rich in humour and live music, with the Karagiozis shadow-theatre figures and all-time favourite jokes.

Elias Karellas shaDoW-puppeTeer

Agathonas singer, bouzouki

Katerina Tsiridou singer, baglama

Kyriakos Gouventas violin

Dimos Vougioukas accorDion

Nikos Protopapas guiTar

Dimitra Konsta & Nikolas Tzivelekis shaDoW-Figure players

NT Live Edmond Rostand: Cyrano de BergeracJames McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) in a new, free adaptation (by Martin Crimp) of Cyrano de Bergerac, plainly directed by Jamie Lloyd in a modern idiom.

19.02.20 | 20:30

WITH A TWIST

30.11.19 | 19:55

THEATRE AT MEGARON – NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE

19 & 26.02.20 | 21:00

04 & 11.03.20 | 21:00

WITH A TWIST

Athens State Orchestra: Reversals and Pioneers IIIrichard WagnerTristan und Isolde (Act II)

isolDe Petra Lang tristan Stefan Vinke Brangäne Marina Fideli King MarKe James Moellenhoff Melot / Kurwenal christos Kechris

conDucTeD by Stefanos Tsialis

Tango at MegaronA two-day phantasmagoric dance-music show, with tango and Argentinian songs, culminating in a milonga evening with the participation of the audience, for the first time at Megaron!

21.02:

Concert by the Athens Tango Ensemble22.02:

Dance-Theatre Performance ‘12 Mins to Live’ & Milonga at the Banquet Hall

J.S. Bach: The Concerti for Multiple Keyboard Instruments on Period InstrumentsJohann sebastian bach Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1062Concerto for Three Harpsichords in D minor, BWV 1063Concerto for Three Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1064 Concerto for Four Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065

harpsichorDs

Markellos chrysikopoulos, Panos Iliopoulos, Gerasimos choidas,Jason Marmaras, Alexandros Mastichiadis

Armonia Atenea - The Friends of Music orchestra conDucTeD by Markellos chrysikopoulos

21.02.20 | 20:30


22.02.20 | 20:30

21.02.20 | 20:30

22.02.20 | 18:15

BRIDGES& 20:00

Sunday Morning at Megaron: Beethoven Lives UpstairsA semi-directed performance, inspired by the homonymous audio recording and subsequent movie about young Christoph’s acquaintance with Beethoven.

unCle Akis SakellariouChristoph Dimitris Makalias

Titos Gouvelis piano

The ERT National Symphony orchestraconDucTeD by Phaedra Giannelou

series creaTor Susan Hammond auThor Barbara Nichol

The Bolshoi Ballet Live: Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece, the most popular classical ballet of all time, with a new cast, choreography and libretto by Yuri Grigorovich.

Café Aman Istanbul: ‘Baklahorani’ – The Istanbul CarnivalYou are invited to put on your best carnival mask and come to Megaron!

Café Aman Istanbul musicians and singers Stelios Berberis and Pelin Suer return to Athens, accompanied by the Horokos dance group, for a show featuring songs and dances of the famous Baklahorani, the Greek carnival of Istanbul.

23.02.20 | 11:30


23.02.20 | 17:00

DANCE AT MEGARON – THE BOLSHOI BALLET

LIVE FROM MOSCOW

24.02.20 | 20:30

25.02.20 19:00


Athens State Orchestra: Beethoven – 250th BirthdayAward-winning work at the ‘Nikos Skalkottas’ International Competition (Special Prize for Young Greek Composers)

ludwig van beethovenConcerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 61Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, ‘Pastoral’

Areta Zhulla violin

conDucTeD by Vassilis christopoulos

MET HD Live George Frideric Handel: Agrippina Director Sir David McVicar ingeniously reframes the action of this black comedy to ‘the present’, showing that the abuse of power is a timeless issue. Star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato appears in the role of manipulative, scheming Agrippina, under the baton of Harry Bicket.

Athens String Quartet Johann sebastian bachDie Kunst der Fuge: Subject and Contrapuncti 6, 4, 9

alfred schnittke String Quartet No. 3

ludwig van beethovenString Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 (Original version, with movement VI: ‘Große Fuge’)

The Athens String Quartet Apollon Grammatikopoulos violin

Panagiotis Tziotis violin

Paris Anastasiadis viola

Isidoros Sideris cello

28.02.20 | 20:30


04.03.20 | 20:30

BEETHOVEN 2020

29.02.20 | 19:55


Splendidissima Gemma: Recomposing HildegardA mind-blowing musical performance inspired from the oeuvre and the personality of Hildegard von Bingen – a remarkable female figure of the Middle Ages, poetess, composer, polymath, philosopher and healer, who entered monastic life at the age of eight.

canto Soave Maira Milolidaki soprano

Natasha Angelopoulou soprano

Effi Minakoulis mezzo-soprano

Katerina Ktona psalTery, organeTTo, vielle Α roue

composiTion, elecTronics constantine SkourlisDirecTor Themelis Glynatsis

Athens State Orchestra: Reversals and Pioneers IV Beethoven – 250th Birthdaygioacchino rossini‘Le siège de Corinthe’, Overture

Dmitri shostakovichConcerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77/99

ludwig van beethovenSymphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’

Iason Keramidis violin

conDucTeD by Giancarlo Andretta

Alkistis Protopsalti: ‘With an Aroma of the East’Τhe unique singer with the unpredictable choices collaborates with composer Andreas Katsiyannis and the Estudiantina orchestra of Nea Ionia, featuring songs with a strong Eastern aroma as well as songs of her repertoire that are in perfect tune with the exquisite Mediterranean tradition.

06.03.20 | 20:30


06 & 07.03.20 | 21:00

04 & 05.03.20 | 20:30

BRIDGES

23.02.20 | 17:00


LIVE FROM MOSCOW

Berlioz & Wagner: About Love... Concert dedicated to the International Women’s Day.

Ηector Berlioz Les nuits d’été, Op. 7, to the poetry of Théophile Gautier

richard WagnerSiegfried Idyll, WWV 103Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91, to the poetry of Mathilde Wesendonck

Mary-Ellen Nesi mezzo-soprano

Armonia Atenea - The Friends of Music orchestra conDucTeD by Zoe Zeniodi

Με-ιΖοΝ Male Vocal Ensemble Choral works of the 20th and 21st century for a cappella male choir The crème de la crème of Greek opera singers; 14 top soloists with a passion for choral song introduce themselves with compositions written or transcribed for male voices (by Rachmaninoff, Kodaly, Orban, Grigorieva, Gjeilo, Whitacre, Lukowsky, Τhompson).

Με-ιΖοΝ ensemble

FirsT Tenors

Yannis christopoulosYannis KalyvasMichalis PlataniasKonstantinos Zambounis

seconD Tenors

Panagiotis PriftisManos BourikasGeorge NakisStavros ZouliatisbariTones

Dimitris PlataniasDionysis SourbisIoannis Kontelis

basses

Theodoros Aivaliotis Alexandros Loutas Vasilis Dimakopoulos

conDucTor Agathangelos Georgakatos

08.03.20 | 20:30

09.03.2020 | 20:30

Schubert’s Sonatas with Elisabeth LeonskajaElisabeth Leonskaja in the last piano recital of the Schubert Sonatas Cycle, which coincides with the completion of her recording of the full series.

Franz schubertSonata in C major, D. 279 Sonata in F minor, D. 625 Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960


Lifting the Veil of Time: The Roman Theatre of Nicopolis and the Ancient Theatre of Cassope speakers

Anthi Angeli heaD oF The preveza ephoraTe oF anTiquiTies

Evangelos Pavlidis manager oF The greaT TheaTre oF nicopolis proJecT; heaD oF The supervising Team

Dimitra Drosou [archaeologisT] & Achilleas Tranoulidis [archiTecT] supervisors oF The ancienT TheaTre oF cassope proJecT

hosTeD by

Stavros Benos presiDenT oF The Diazoma associaTion

12.03.2020 | 19:00

MEGARON PLUS

11.03.2020 | 20:30

GREAT INTERPRETERS

John Psathas: No Man’s LandThe No Man’s Land project is an eighty-minute live ‘cinema concert’. A commission to award-winning composer John Psathas, it was premiered in 2016, at New Zealand's Celebrations for the End of World War I. One hundred and fifty musicians, descendants of enemies in the Great War, filmed on battlefields around the world, ‘converse’ from the screen with an ensemble of seven performers onstage.

musical composiTion, proDucTion John PsathasproDucer, DirecTor Jasmine Millet cinemaTographer Mathew Knight sounD engineer George KariotiseDiTor Roger Grant

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Jack Hooker guiTars

James Illingsworth keyboarDs

Vangelis Karipis percussion

Jolanta Kossakowska vocals, violin

Sophia Lambropoulou kanun

caleb Robinson bass

Stratis Psaradellis poliTiki lyra, lyra, saz

Sunday Morning at Megaron: The Ancient Greek LyreA unique presentation of the ancient lyre by the ‘Luthieros-Anastasios’ instrument-making workshop and the members of the Koumartzis family, who have studied and reconstructed ancient musical instruments.

WiTh The parTicipaTion oF Nikos Xanthoulis

MET HD Live Richard Wagner: Der Fliegende HolländerValery Gergiev conducts a new production by François Girard, whose astounding 2013 Parsifal set new standards for Wagner stagings. German soprano Anja Kampe makes her Met debut as the devoted Senta, whose true love will free the Dutchman from the curse. Bass Franz-Josef Selig sings the role of her father, Daland, and tenor Sergey Skorokhodov is the hunter Erik, Senta’s deserted former lover.

15.03.2020 | 11:30


15.03.2020 | 18:55


14.03.2020 | 20:00

MUSICAL PORTRAITS

Quatuor Van Kuijk ludwig van beethovenString Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, ‘Razumovsky’

Béla BartόkString Quartet No. 4

Wolfgang rihmQuartettstudie

Van Kuijk String QuartetNicolas Van Kuijk violin

Sylvain Favre-Bulle violin

Emmanuel François viola

François Robin cello


The Lyras of the Mainland and the Sea: All of Greece at a Stroke of the BowA musical performance dedicated to the many different lyra traditions in different Greek-inhabited areas, with authentic folk musicians and dance groups.

research, arTisTic supervision, presenTaTion Lambros Liavas

in collaboraTion WiTh The

‘FIVoS ANoYANAKIS’ cENTRE FoR ETHNoMUSIcoLoGY

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Andrés Orozco-EstradaJohannes brahms Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 77

richard straussDer Rosenkavalier, Suite, TrV 227d Don Juan, Op. 20, ΤrV 156

Joshua Bell violin

sponsor ALPHA BANK

18.03.2020 | 20:30

BRIDGES

21.03.2020 | 20:30


17.03.2020 | 20:30

BEETHOVEN 2020

Heroes II Athens State Orchestra & Corfu Philharmonic SocietyThe Corfu Philharmonic Society conducted by Spyros Prosoparis and the Athens State Orchestra conducted by Georgios Balatsinos are offering a rich and highly unusual programme consisting of works composed in the spirit of the Greek War of Independence celebrated on March 25th.

The Greek War of Independencerichard straussMetamorphosen, TrV 290, AV 142, study for 23 solo strings

heinrich ignaz Franz von biberBattalia à 10

hector berliozLa révolution grecque (Scène héroïque), Η 21, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra

christophoros Stamboglis bass

Petros Magoulas bass

Armonia Atenea - The Friends of Music orchestra conDucTeD by Loukas Karytinos

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Athens State Orchestra ludwig van beethovenPiano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op. 15

Antonίn Dvo

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Triantafyllos Liotis piano

28.03.20 | 20:30


26.03.20 | 20:30

24.03.2020 | 20:30


The Bolshoi Ballet Live: Romeo and JulietThe tragic fate of the Shakespearean ‘star-crossed lovers’ provided the inspiration for Prokofiev’s magnificent ballet score, from the delicate Theme of Juliet to the ominous Dance of the Knights. Bolshoi stars Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladislav Lantratov bring to life Alexei Ratmansky’s exquisite choreography, a poignant evocation of love at first sight: For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

Leonidas Kavakos – Enrico Pace Ludwig van Beethoven: The sonatas for violin and piano ludwig van beethovenSonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, ‘Frühlingssonate’ [‘Spring Sonata’]Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96

Leonidas Kavakos violin

Enrico Pace piano

Maria Farantouri: Beyond the Borders In Cihan Türko

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glu’s work Beyond the Borders, written especially for Maria Farantouri, Eastern Mediterranean musical traditions meet with medieval music, jazz, minimalism, and classical music.

Maria Farantouri singer

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Anja Lechner cello

Meri Vardanyan kanun

Nikos Paraoulakis ney

31.03.20 | 21:00

BRIDGES

29.03.20 | 20:30


29.03.20 | 17:00


LIVE FROM MOSCOW

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